Lightroom 32bit or 64bit?

ivar · March 26, 2010

I can start Lightroom in 32 bit or 64 bit on my mac. Which one do I want?

arodney · March 26, 2010

ivar wrote:

I can start Lightroom in 32 bit or 64 bit on my mac. Which one do I want?

64 bit, although you’ll need more than 3+ gigs of ram free to see any benefit. The more, the better with such app’s that support 64 bit.

Richard · March 26, 2010

arodney wrote:

64 bit, although you’ll need more than 3+ gigs of ram free to see any benefit. The more, the better with such app’s that support 64 bit.

More memory means better performance, usually. Note that Photoshop itself will not be 64-bit on the Mac till CS5, but I don't think you should have any problem mixing 64-bit LR with 32-bit PS.

Scott_Quier · March 26, 2010

Richard wrote:

More memory means better performance, usually. Note that Photoshop itself will not be 64-bit on the Mac till CS5, but I don't think you should have any problem mixing 64-bit LR with 32-bit PS.

I know I don't have any issues with this combination on both my desktop and laptop - though I'm running Win7 x64 not Mac.

ivar · March 26, 2010

thanks guys, 64 bit it is

I rarely use photoshop to be honest and I am still on CS2 because of that, so I'm okay with that not being 64 bit

cmason · March 26, 2010

http://macperformanceguide.com/SnowLeopard-Performance.html

ivar · March 27, 2010

cmason wrote:

http://macperformanceguide.com/SnowLeopard-Performance.html

Cool, thanks

Lightroom 32bit or 64bit?

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